In the southwest corner, the employees' living quarters are located.

There was a canteen and two rows of dormitories. When I went to visit, the canteen was surrounded by weeds, as if it hadn't been used for a long time, like an abandoned house in a horror movie.

Of the several employee dormitories, very few remain intact.

Most of the glass was broken. A few rooms were in better condition, but there were still some minor damages. The people living inside used plastic sheeting to plug the holes and stayed there temporarily.

The employees at this brick and tile factory in Qingquan Town are not only locals, but also many people from other places.

In the early years, when the brick and tile factory had plenty of orders and was doing well, everyone worked in the factory, and it was a lively place.

However, due to mismanagement and various complex reasons, the factory is now in this state.

Many local employees, unable to pay their wages, simply stopped coming to the factory on weekdays and instead took to doing farm work at home, returning only when the factory had work available.

Many employees from other places are left with no choice.

They either quit their jobs and returned to their hometowns because they couldn't make a living.

Or they could start a small business nearby.

Most of the people who actually stayed in the factory were either destitute or honest and hardworking.

These people can only stay in their dormitories, since they have nowhere else to go.

If there's any odd work in the factory, they'll do it; if there's no work, they'll just tough it out.

They cultivated a small plot of land in the brick factory yard to grow vegetables; although life wasn't easy, at least they could survive.

It took Wang Tianxiao three whole days to show Zhang Wenyuan and Wu Ping the entire brick and tile factory.

As he looked around, he took notes and drew pictures in a notebook, occasionally measuring distances with a ruler or rope.

Sometimes, I'll stare at something for a long time, and other times I'll pace back and forth excitedly.

At such times, his eyes would gleam with wisdom.

You can see the light directly.

Wu Ping and Zhang Wenyuan had known Wang Tianxiao for a long time and were familiar with his habits, so they were not surprised.

He would leave, and the two would follow; he would do whatever he needed to do, and the two would cooperate.

He brought along the factory's original factory director and deputy factory director.

They formed an exploration team together.

According to the negotiations between Zhang Wenyuan and the town government, the first condition for agreeing to his transformation was that he could not abandon the original employees of the factory, many of whom had been with the factory for a long time.

Some of them were even the original founders of the factory.

They are all people who have a lot of feelings for the factory. If they are suddenly abandoned, they will not only be unable to make a living, but also unable to find emotional support.

Zhang Wenyuan agreed.

He chose two ways to accept it.

They chose to remain employees of the brick and tile factory, but their status changed from state-owned to private.

Alternatively, one can choose to receive a lump sum compensation before being laid off.

Calculated based on years of service.

A subsidy of one hundred yuan is given each year.

As a result, those who stayed and those who took the money directly split the profits almost evenly.

Some people work for twenty or thirty years and only receive two or three thousand yuan in compensation at once. For them, this is almost a huge sum of money, and if they spend it sparingly, it can last them a long time.

Modern people always talk about inflation and the problem of money losing its value.

But the real impact of inflation came after 2000. Before that, although prices rose and money became less valuable, there was still a limit.

The progress is quite slow.

Three thousand yuan can really last a long time.

After resolving the issue of departing employees, there are still about a hundred employees remaining.

These people simply stayed, but that doesn't mean they're all useful.

Among them are those who don't work hard but just want to fill in the gaps.

Wang Tianxiao and Zhang Wenyuan were both aware of this.

I just feel there's no need to deal with them for the time being.

After privatization, the egalitarian system will be over. In any position, the capable will be rewarded more for their work, and those who cannot perform well will be eliminated.

The original factory director and deputy director of the brick and tile factory stayed on.

These two people were originally going to leave, but Wang Tianxiao suggested that they be retained with high salaries.

Both of them are technically skilled individuals, not just empty-headed management charlatans.

Furthermore, both of them were veterans of the brick and tile factory, and it can be said that they witnessed the factory's construction, glory, and decline.

They are quite familiar with the processes, equipment, and existing problems here.

Wang Tianxiao believes that the problems at the brick and tile factory are not due to their management, but rather to a flaw in their ownership system.

People are inherently lazy. If they can just coast along and get paid, why would they be willing to work hard?

Conversely, in the workplace, those who are unwilling to work hard will affect those who work diligently.

The saying "It's not scarcity that's worrisome, but inequality" illustrates this point.

That would be great if everyone worked hard and received appropriate compensation.

Some people don't work hard, but they still earn a lot of money.

That will definitely breed resentment among those who work diligently.

I feel it's very unfair.

After a while, you'll realize how foolish you are. There's no need to keep working so hard. Why not just take advantage of the situation like everyone else?

Everyone's exhausted.

With this kind of thinking, people gradually started to become worse.

Negative emotions and behaviors are more likely to spread.

Over time, there were not many people who actually worked hard anymore.

A positive work attitude directly impacts work efficiency and quality.

Since everyone is like this, you can imagine how terrible their work speed and the quality of their work must be.

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